If you had to audition for Australian Idol, what would the judges say about you?
Kyle would tell me I sound just a little too much like Marvin the Martian to be taken seriously as a contestant. Marcia would tell me “you go, girlfriend” and Dicko would tell me to lose weight or pick a different dress.

The best part about working on Australian Idol is...
...discovering how many great Australian singers and songwriters are waiting for their chance to be discovered. 

 My Idols are...
Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Daniel Johns, Jim Henson, Nelson Riddle

I can’t live without....
Oxygen.

My most embarrassing Idol moment...
Reading an Idol forum where my hairdo was more discussed than my arrangements.

My greatest inspiration...
Nana Mouskouri.

The greatest risk I ever took was...
Jumping out of an aeroplane. I pulled the rip-chord and my trousers blew away!

 My favourite book is...
Nelson Riddle "On Arranging"

If I wasn’t doing this job I’d…
...not have to be answering this questionnaire, for a start! And I’d get a lot more sleep. But I’d miss out on discovering Australia’s next big talent, and I’d miss the excitement of doing live TV with a big orchestra.

 My greatest achievement ...
...is yet to happen. We should always look forward to great achievements – not backwards.

Who was/is your favourite Idol past or present? 
It’s hard to beat the original, Guy Sebastian. Amazing singer, great songwriter and a good man. 

 If you were stranded on a desert island with an Australian Idol judge who would you choose and why?
Easy. It’s got to be Marcia. No offence, guys. She’d be perfect. She’s a good conversationalist, very friendly, easy-going - and she is very, very strong. Man. You should see her biceps! She’s have no trouble setting up camp.